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Undergraduate Programs
History
Requirements for a Major: 33 semester credits
including HIST 101, 102, 111, 112, 400, and 18
additional semester credits of history above the
freshman level, including at least one of the following:
HIST 220, 225, 230, 235.
Requirements for a Minor: HIST 101, 102, 111,
112 and three additional semester credits of history
above the freshman level
Requirements for a Teaching Major: Students
majoring in history and expecting to qualify for a
certificate to teach history on the secondary level
are required to take HIST 101, 102, 111, 112,
400, and 18 additional semester credits above the
freshman level, including at least one of the following:
HIST 220, 225, 230, 235. The remaining
credits should include a minimum of nine credits
from U.S. history courses and a minimum of six
credits from world history courses.
Students are encouraged to take courses from
other related areas but especially from the other
social sciences. It is necessary to maintain a
grade-point average of 3.0 in history with no
grade lower than a C. Education courses required
for a teaching major are found in the Education
Department section.
Course Descriptions
+HIST 101. World Civilization to 1300 3 credits
Major historical developments from earliest times
to the beginning of the modern period.
+HIST 102. World Civilization
Since 1300
3 credits
Major historical developments from the beginning
of the modern period to the present.
+HIST 111. United States to 1865 3 credits
Survey of United States history from the beginnings
to the Civil War.
+ = Applicable toward general education degree requirements
WI = Writing intensive course
+HIST 112. United States Since 1865 3 credits
Survey of United States history from the Civil
War to the present.
+HIST 115. Topics in History 3 credits
A cross-cultural survey of history with a topical
focus designed for the first-year student.
+HIST 140. History of Sport and
Recreation
3 credits
A survey of western civilization with a focus on
sporting and recreational pastimes. While learning
much about sport and recreation from
ancient times to the present day, students will
also address major concepts in the history of classical
civilizations, medieval and early modern
Europe (including European encounters with
indigenous societies in the Americas), the
Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, urbanization,
and the twentieth-century world. In the
course of time, students should gain an appreciation
of how sport both reflects its historical context
and helps shape the future.
+HIST 220. Modern East Asia 3 credits
History of modern China and Japan, emphasis
on Western impact and Eastern response.
+HIST 225. The Modern Middle East 3 credits
History of the Middle East and North Africa during
the Islamic period. Origins of Islam, its development
through the Ottoman era, with major
emphasis on 20th century.
+HIST 230. Modern Latin America 3 credits
An introduction to Latin American history from
1800 to the present.
+HIST 235. Modern Africa
3 credits
An introduction to African history from 1800 to
the present.
+HIST 245. Catholicism in America 3 credits
A study of the history of the Catholic Church in
America with special emphasis on the lives of
Catholic people. (Same as THEO 245)
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